MINUTES 
                                           
            SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERAN AFFAIRS & MILITARY INSTALLATIONS 
                            Wednesday, February 23, 2005 
                           1:30 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                      Betty King Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Veteran  
         Affairs & Military Installations was held on Wednesday, February  
         23, 2005, in the Betty King Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20, at  
         Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Leticia Van de Putte            None 
         Senator Craig Estes 
         Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Kel Seliger 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 1:45 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair asked Mrs. Marty to lead the Committee in the Pledge  
         of Allegiance.   
          
         The chair welcomed the members to the Committee, introduced the  
         Committee staff, and made opening remarks.   
          
         Senator Seliger moved adoption of the Committee Rules, without  
         objection, the rules were adopted.  
          
         The following member arrived after the roll was called:   
         Senator Troy Fraser arrived at 1:50 p.m. 
          
         The Committee heard invited testimony on the Adjutant General's  
         Department.  Witnesses testifying and registering on the  
         Adjutant General's Department are listed on the attached witness  
         list.   
          
         The Committee heard invited testimony on the Family Readiness  
         Program.  Witnesses testifying and registering on the Family  
         Readiness Program are listed on the attached witness list. 
          
         The Committee heard invited testimony on the Texas Military  
         Facilities Commission.  Witnesses testifying and registering on  
         the Texas Military Facilities Commission are listed on the  
  
         attached witness list.   
          
         There being no further business, at 3:00 p.m. Senator Seliger  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Leticia Van de Putte, Chair 
          
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         Sara Gonzalez, Clerk